Meet our new agent
The Analyst
Your AI agent for Smarter business Insights
The Analyst Agent continuously scans your metrics, uncovers key trends, and builds insightful reports, so your team can focus on decisions, not chasing numbers.
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"What I see with Pigment is that the flexibility really allows you to model whatever you need to serve you best."
Adeeb Ali
Head of Finance, US & Global eCommerce
"Introducing Pigment to our team was like turning on a light in a dark room. The AI-powered planning platform made forecasting and strategic planning remarkably efficient."
Josh Yundt
Principal Finance Analyst
"Pigment's agentic AI capabilities make us feel like 'mini CFOs' within our departments. It’s a game-changer for how we collaborate, analyze, and make decisions."
Montaek Kohli
Strategic Finance Manager
"You need a tool that is very flexible and easy to adapt and react to unforeseen circumstances, and for us now it’s very easy to open Pigment and build different scenarios."
Lauri Sulonen
FP&A Manager
"What Pigment does so well is it can take drivers, apply assumptions, and give you a more calendarized forecast."
Robbie Phelps
Financial Systems Architect
"Getting quotas and pipeline targets on day one of the year is a best-in-class motion – one that a lot of organizations don’t hit. I don’t know if I would be able to keep up with that without Pigment."
Michael Duncan
Director of Revenue Operations
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"Tariffs are the single biggest area of focus for Evenflo [...], we're constantly modeling scenarios to determine how much cost we can absorb. In a fast-changing environment like this, having a tool that lets us rapidly model the P&L impact and pivot our strategy is absolutely essential."
Kate Dolph
Senior Director FP&A and Business Planning
Analyst Agent overview
How it works
01
Mission
Use natural language to define your desired output.
02
Scan
The agent retrieves the right data from your Pigment model.
03
Analysis
The agent runs a complete analysis.
04
report
It generates the report with explanations and recommendations.
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outcome
Access your report in your preferred format.
From mission to outcome, the Analyst Agent transforms every request into clear, actionable reports you can schedule and share.
insights
Insights at scale
Report & Sub‑Report Generation
Automatically generate full reports or focused sub-reports that drill into specific areas, like departments, regions, or product lines, from natural language prompts.
Automated Drill‑Downs
The Analyst reveals hidden patterns or anomalies buried in complex datasets.
Contextual Explanations & recommendations
Goes beyond variance to uncover root causes and relationships. After analysis, suggests where to investigate next.
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Reporting
Flexible reporting
Tailored Report Generation
Customize analyses and narratives for departments, regions, or business units.
Multi‑Format Outputs
Export and share reports as dashboards, slides, PDFs, or audio summaries.
Scheduling & Notifications
Automate recurring reports or trigger workflows when new insights appear.
Audits
Trusted and Explainable
Explainable Outputs
Understand how insights were generated and what data was used.
Safe Write‑Backs
Modify or overwrite any Agent-generated report directly, ensuring every update stays under your control.
Security & Governance
Ensure compliance with role-based permissions, audit logs, and data-residency safeguards.
use cases by role
The Analyst agent in action
The Analyst Agent scans data from across your business to detect key changes, build reports, and surface insights. You can spend more time making important decisions and less time crunching numbers.
For FP&A
Monthly Expenses Variance Analysis
Auto-analyzes operating expenses vs. budget, flags material deviations, and explains root causes by department and vendor.
EBITDA & Cash Monitoring
Runs weekly health checks to align P&L and cash flow, flags liquidity risks early, and recommends corrective actions.
Granular Variance Narratives
Generates tailored explanations for every cost center or department, cutting days of manual commentary.
“Introducing Pigment to our team was like turning on a light in a dark room. The AI-powered planning platform made forecasting and strategic planning remarkably efficient.”
Josh Yundt
Principal Finance Analyst
For Sales Performance Management (SPM)
Weekly Forecast Report
Summarizes revenue gaps, deal movement, and forecast shifts by region, highlighting pipeline risks.
ARR Cohort Analysis
Breaks ARR into new, expansion, contraction, and churn in real time.
Territory Optimization & Revenue Risk
Identifies coverage inequities and pacing risks before they impact quota attainment.
“Getting quotas and pipeline targets on day one of the year is a best-in-class motion – one that a lot of organizations don’t hit. I don’t know if I would be able to keep up with that without Pigment.”
Michael Duncan
Director of Revenue Operations
For HR
Headcount & Cost Report
Tracks headcount vs. budget and highlights over- or under-hiring by entity and cost center.
Capacity & Skills Gap Analysis
Maps hiring gaps and skill shortages by region or department to inform workforce strategy.
HR Cockpit KPIs
Monitors attrition, time-to-hire, and open roles through automated monthly summaries.
“Before Pigment, headcount planning was a nightmare of spreadsheets and poor visibility. We can now understand the impact of org chart restructures on the financials of the company.”
Kevin Zell
Strategic Finance Manager
For Supply Chain
Demand Forecast Exceptions
Flags disconnects between demand forecasts and actuals by product or customer, explaining root causes such as stockouts or promos.
Service Level & Inventory Health Monitor
Tracks service levels, coverage, and inventory health; recommends transfers, markdowns, or order adjustments.
Supplier Performance & Risk Alerts
Generates supplier scorecards, highlights delays, and links root causes (e.g., logistics or port congestion) to procurement risks.
“From 2 weeks to a few days”
50%
Time saved on Strategic Planning
3 months
Implementation time forStrategic Demand Planning Application
Prompt examples gallery
How to leverage your Analyst?
Describe your mission and let the Analyst Agent handle the rest: sourcing data, running the analysis, and delivering clear, actionable reports.
Explore the examples below to see its power.
Further reading
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Assess your team’s level of AI maturity
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Analyst Agent?
The Analyst Agent is an autonomous AI Agent in Pigment that scans your business data, detects key trends or anomalies, and builds reports automatically.
It helps teams move faster from questions to answers, no manual analysis or number-crunching required.
How does the Analyst Agent work?
You simply describe your mission in natural language. The Analyst Agent retrieves the right data, runs analysis, and generates a report with insights, visuals, and explanations, all grounded in your Pigment model. Every step is transparent and traceable, so you can understand how conclusions are reached.
What kind of insights can it produce?
The Analyst Agent can perform variance and trend analyses, identify risks or anomalies, and generate clear narratives explaining performance drivers. It can also produce detailed sub-reports by department or region, or timeframe, scaling analysis far beyond what teams can do manually.
Does the Analyst Agent replace analysts?
No. It’s built to augment, not replace human expertise. The Agent handles repetitive and time-consuming analysis so teams can focus on interpreting insights, testing scenarios, and advising on strategy.
How does the Analyst Agent ensure accuracy?
All insights are generated from Pigment’s governed, live data. The Agent follows the same business logic and permissions as the rest of your workspace, ensuring every analysis is consistent, explainable, and aligned with your organization’s truth.
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From 8 days to 4 min
Update P&L actuals & Forecasting
80%
Time cut on data aggregation
12 hours
Saved per month on Executive reporting
6 days faster
For scenarios creation and analysis